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Title: Making use of optimization, nondeterministic analysis, and numerical simulation to assess firing set robustness in a fire

Abstract

One emphasis of weapon surety (safety and security) at Sandia National Laboratories is the assessment of fire-related risk to weapon systems. New developments in computing hardware and software make possible the application of a new generation of very powerful analysis tools for surety assessment. This paper illustrates the application of some of these computational tools to assess the robustness of a conceptual firing set design in severe thermal environments. With these assessment tools, systematic interrogation of the parameter space governing the thermal robustness of the firing set has revealed much greater vulnerability than traditional ad hoc techniques had indicated. These newer techniques should be routinely applied in weapon design and assessment to produce more fully characterized and robust systems where weapon surety is paramount. As well as helping expose and quantify vulnerabilities in systems, these tools can be used in design and resource allocation processes to build safer, more reliable, more optimal systems.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
273807
Report Number(s):
SAND-96-2046C; CONF-960869-16
ON: DE96013834; TRN: 96:004710
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 14. national system safety conference, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 12-17 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; 99 MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS, INFORMATION SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, LAW, MISCELLANEOUS; WEAPONS; SAFETY; FAILURES; PROBABILITY; SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES; SECURITY; SIMULATION; VULNERABILITY; FIRES; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STAINLESS STEELS; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME DEPENDENCE

Citation Formats

Romero, V J. Making use of optimization, nondeterministic analysis, and numerical simulation to assess firing set robustness in a fire. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
Romero, V J. Making use of optimization, nondeterministic analysis, and numerical simulation to assess firing set robustness in a fire. United States.
Romero, V J. 1996. "Making use of optimization, nondeterministic analysis, and numerical simulation to assess firing set robustness in a fire". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/273807.
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abstractNote = {One emphasis of weapon surety (safety and security) at Sandia National Laboratories is the assessment of fire-related risk to weapon systems. New developments in computing hardware and software make possible the application of a new generation of very powerful analysis tools for surety assessment. This paper illustrates the application of some of these computational tools to assess the robustness of a conceptual firing set design in severe thermal environments. With these assessment tools, systematic interrogation of the parameter space governing the thermal robustness of the firing set has revealed much greater vulnerability than traditional ad hoc techniques had indicated. These newer techniques should be routinely applied in weapon design and assessment to produce more fully characterized and robust systems where weapon surety is paramount. As well as helping expose and quantify vulnerabilities in systems, these tools can be used in design and resource allocation processes to build safer, more reliable, more optimal systems.},
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